▲Located in Marseilles, the museum devoted to European and Mediterranean civilizations received more than 1.25 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to art pieces spanning from classical archaeology to modern art, the museum received 1.28 million visitors in 2017.

▲The largest museum of European art in Moscow saw more than 1.3 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British figures, this London museum 1.27 million visitors in 2017.

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Museum allow visitors to travel in time. By curating exhibits of selected artworks and historical artifacts, museums offer a unique opportunity to take us back centuries, and even millennia. For these and many other reasons, these institutions attract millions and millions of visitors each year.

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▲Located in Glasgow, the museum received more than 1.3 million visitors in 2017.

▲The Brasilia branch received more than 1.22 million visitors in 2017.

▲The modern and contemporary art museum designed by the iconic Frank Gehry received more than 1.32 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Washington D.C., this historic art museum part of the Smithsonian Institution received more than 1.31 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Boston, the museum received 1.22 million visitors in 2017.

▲The museum of art, world culture, and natural history received nearly 1.39 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Sydney, the museum received nearly 1.35 million visitors in 2017.

▲The museum of film, video games, digital culture, and art received more than 1.35 million visitors in 2017.

▲Montreal's largest museum received more than 1.32 million visitors in 2017.

▲The largest art museum in the western United States received more than 1.3 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing notable works by the likes of Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, Titian, Jan van Eyck, among others, the museum located in Vienna received more than 1.42 million visitors in 2017.

▲Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the art museum and cultural center located in Paris received more than 1.4 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housed in the Belvedere palace in Vienna, the museum received more than 1.42 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Los Angeles, California, this campus of the Getty Museum received more than 1.45 million visitors in 2017.

▲Constructed in the late 1800s as part of the preparation works for the Universal Exposition of 1900, the museum received more than 1.41 million visitors in 2017.

▲This archaeological museum located in Athens received more than 1.59 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian art, this museum received more than 1.54 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to Scotland's national collection of fine art, the museum located in Edinburgh received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2017.

▲Among the oldest and largest art museums in the United States, the Art Institute received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Tokyo, this museum dedicated to western art received more than 1.43 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Brisbane, the art museum received more than 1.42 million visitors in 2017.

▲Best known for being home to Michelangelo's 'David,' the museum located in Florence received more than 1.62 million visitors in 2017.

▲The oldest gallery in the Tate network received more than 1.77 million visitors in 2017.

▲This art gallery in Moscow that houses artworks ranging from 'Theotokos of Vladimir' to Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square' received more than 2 million visitors in 2017.

▲This museum of ancient Chinese art received nearly 2.1 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Tokyo, Japan's oldest national museum received more than 2.17 million visitors in 2017.

▲This national museum in Seoul received more than 1.81 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Edinburgh, this museum of Scottish antiquities, culture, and history received more than 2.16 million visitors in 2017.

▲This London gallery for contemporary art received more than 1.8 million visitors in 2017.

▲Dating back to the early 1800s, this major state-run museum in Moscow received more than 2.74 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing a long list of major artworks by famous artists ranging from Sandro Botticelli and Caravaggio to Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci, this museum located in Florence received more than 2.23 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Amsterdam, the museum dedicated to the famous Dutch painter and his contemporaries received more than 2.25 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer, this museum in Amsterdam received more than 2.1 million visitors in 2017.

▲This popular museum received more than 2.7 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Washington, D.C., this museum received more than 2.36 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing masterpieces like Pablo Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' and Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' New York's MoMA received more than 2.75 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housed in a building designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the museum received more than 2.98 million visitors in 2017.

▲The historic home located in London received more than 3.2 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Melbourne, Australia's oldest museum received more than 2.81 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to memorable works by Francisco Goya and Diego Velázquez, the museum located in Madrid received more than 2.82 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housed in a building designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini, the museum received more than 3.37 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in London, the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design received nearly 3.8 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Saint Petersburg and housing artworks by major artists ranging from Canova to Rubens, the second-largest art museum in the world received more than 4.2 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to Pablo Picasso's iconic 'Guernica,' the museum of 20th-century art located in Madrid received more than 3.88 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Seoul, the flagship museum of Korean history received more than 3.47 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing the world's largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces, including works by Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, this Parisian museum received more than 3.1 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to major artworks like Velázquez 's 'Rokeby Venus' and Titian's 'Diana and Actaeon,' the museum received more than 5.2 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to almost 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, this Taipei museum received more than 4.4 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in London, the museum of human history, art, and culture received more than 5.9 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Washington, D.C., and home to works by Raphael, El Greco, Delacroix, among others, the National Gallery of Art received more than 5.23 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in London and including works by Paul Klee, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso, among others, the modern art gallery received more than 5.8 million visitors in 2017.

▲Housing art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, to works from nearly all the European masters, and extensive American and modern art, the Met received more than 7.35 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to some of the world's most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art, the complex received more than 6.4 million visitors in 2017.

▲Located in Beijing on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square, the arts and history museum received more than 8 million visitors in 2017.

▲Home to iconic pieces such as Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa,' the museum and central landmark of Paris received more than 8.1 million visitors in 2017.

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Museums allow visitors to travel in time. By curating exhibits of selected artworks and historical artifacts, museums offer a unique opportunity to take us back centuries, and even millennia. For these and many other reasons, these institutions attract millions and millions of visitors each year.

Browse the gallery and check out a ranking of the world's most visited museums.